I'd like to make myself believeThat planet Earth turns slowlyIt's hard to say that I'd rather stayAwake when I'm asleep'Cause everything is never as it seemsWhen I fall asleep

Image based off of "Fireflies" by Owl City. [link]Lyrics from "Fireflies".

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I'm actually pretty impressed that I didn't reference or blur this. o -o Because honestly, I usually just use the blur tool when I hate how a part of my image turns out. |3It's too bad I don't catch most of my anatomy mistakes until the picture is done. |D

If you're going to critique, please focus on coloring aspects, the Earth, and the shading, because that's what I'm looking to improve on. It would also be appreciated if you wrote a comment or two about any other aspects you find that may need improvement.Also, the stars are metaphorical, and that's why they're inaccurate. :U

And remember, a critique is not a long compliment or a bash. =w=

You may NOT claim this work as your own. You may NOT trace this image. You may NOT heavily reference from this image. You may NOT recolor this image.

The thing I love the most about this without question is your absolutely dazzling color pallet. The blues and purples are very pleasing and calm, and the light effects are lovely. You asked for the critique to focus more on color and not on anatomy. so I will do that

Your color is lovely, and your shadows have a nice hue to them. Ir brings in the rich color of the piece without it being eyes exceedingly bright. It is bright and rich without being obnoxious, which I love. It is very peaceful and inviting.

What I would like to see is a little bit darker shadows on the character. She has plenty of lovely highlights but I don't feel a lot of dark and shadow on her. The place where I feel it is missing most is on the hair, where there are strands overlapping and going behind other pieces. There is little shadow and that hurts the illusion of light. Other areas to look at are under her face, her chest, on the details and shape of her face, and inside her hind leg. Really beautiful image Good work, keep it up!

This is all I have to say about anything bad and it's fairly short. Hence, why it's not a critique.

The stars being so close to Dorothy is a really bad science error. The closest star is the Sun and it's pretty far away. So all the stars would really just be tiny white dots in the background. Or a few blue and red ones for the colder stars.

But if the stars weren't meant to be scientifically correct, I would have to say something about the shading. The two stars closest to Dorothy would be casting light at different angles, and they're very bright. Instead of shading only on one side of Dorothy, I would say the shading would only be in the middle section and not so much shading on the face since the large star is behind her. And I'd also say there's stars in front of her off the page, too. So... Maybe no shading at all? I don't know, I'm just a n00b

With how she was at least a good couple miles out of the atmosphere I sort of assumed... Sorry! But the weak light from fireflies would be more yellowish, don't ya think? And with how weak the light I would suggest the shading a bit darker :>